Tough decision to make

May 9th, 2012, 11:56 PM

Hello all, I am 21 years old and extremely interested in the guard. The one problem I have stopping me right now is that I don't want to lost my current job (work for my local police department). It took me a while to get into this job after several tries, and I am afraid that if I inform them and tell them that I would have to be away for 3, 5, 7, 10 months or whatever length of time for training....that they would not take that favorably. It worries me that I might not have a job waiting for me when I came back from BCT and AIT, given that it quite a length of time to hold onto someone's job just for training.....any advice?

Hello all, I am 21 years old and extremely interested in the guard. The one problem I have stopping me right now is that I don't want to lost my current job (work for my local police department). It took me a while to get into this job after several tries, and I am afraid that if I inform them and tell them that I would have to be away for 3, 5, 7, 10 months or whatever length of time for training....that they would not take that favorably. It worries me that I might not have a job waiting for me when I came back from BCT and AIT, given that it quite a length of time to hold onto someone's job just for training.....any advice?

Legally, they are required to hold your position until you return for up to 3 years. This is covered under the USERRA act.

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To add to this, keep in mind that when you are training for BCT and AIT, technically you are "enlisted". As soon as you swear in, you are covered for any discrimination against you from your employer for your military obligations.